Introducing AI Search Suite: Prompt Search, Similarity Search, and Monitoring Creation

We’re excited to introduce the AI Search Suite, bringing together natural language prompt search, AI-powered similarity discovery, to enhance and extend existing patent search workflows. 

Today, we’re making patent search more accessible to everyone, enabling engineers, researchers, and patent professionals to work directly with patent data using simple, natural, everyday language. AI Search makes it easier to perform meaningful patent searches without needing to master complex search syntax, while also helping experienced search professionals work faster, explore broader result sets, and uncover patents that traditional keyword-based approaches may miss.  

Patent research has long been a specialized discipline, requiring knowledge of complex Boolean logic, field-specific syntax, and extensive search terminology. AI Search changes that. With a single natural language prompt, you can now discover relevant patents based on semantic meaning rather than exact keyword matching—making patent intelligence accessible to anyone who needs it.  

What is AI Search?  

AI Search is powered by advanced semantic similarity, built on a vectorized patent database. Instead of matching exact keywords, the system interprets the meaning of your input and retrieves patents based on conceptual similarity. All processing happens within our secure internal environment, so your data remains protected.  

Here’s how it works:  

You describe what you’re looking for in plain language —a sentence, a paragraph, or just a general idea.  

The system converts your description into vector representations and finds similar patents.  

You get back relevant patents, automatically ranked by their Similarity Score, helping you quickly identify the patents that are most relevant to your search at the top of the list.  

For example, if you search for “wind power converters with high current challenges,” you’ll find patents about energy systems and converters even if they use different terminology. The system understands that you’re looking for solutions in that space.  

Simplicity for Everyone: The Real Value  

The real benefit of AI Search is simple: it makes patent search more accessible across teams, enabling anyone to explore patent data using natural language, or by starting from existing patent documents, while still supporting expert-level workflows. 

Before: The Expert Problem  

Patent search used to require specialized knowledge: learning Boolean operators and complex query syntax, understanding patent classification codes and fielded search systems, knowing the right terminology for your domain, spending hours refining searches to get good results, and managing the risk of missing important patents if your query didn’t capture the right keywords.  

And that’s before even reading the patents themselves. A patent is not a conventional technical document—it is a legal instrument with a very specific structure. Understanding it requires navigating between the abstract, the description, and the claims, each serving a different purpose. It also requires recognizing how an invention is framed—whether as a problem or a solution—since the same idea can be described in different ways depending on how protection is constructed. Searching only for the “solution” side can therefore miss patents that protect the same concept but are framed around the problem it solves. Traditionally, developing this level of understanding has required years of experience or close collaboration with patent specialists. 

After: Anyone Can Search  

With AI Search, your whole team can access patent intelligence directly:  

• Describe your search the way you’d explain it to a colleague  

• No special syntax or jargon—just plain language  

• Start from an existing patent to discover patents with similar technical features  

• Get relevant results instantly based on meaning, not keywords  

• Add more detail to narrow results, or search broadly to explore  

• Work independently without waiting for a specialist  

Engineers can explore unfamiliar technology areas on their own. Product managers can check competitive landscapes. Teams can also use their own key patents as a starting point for discovering related innovations and monitoring emerging activity in their technology space. Business teams can evaluate markets. Everyone gets answers when they need them.  

Why This Matters  

When patent intelligence is accessible to everyone, everything accelerates:  

Faster Decisions	Get instant access to relevant prior art without waiting for search specialists.
Broader Coverage	More team members conducting patent searches means better competitive intelligence and more innovation areas explored.
Lower Costs	Reduce dependency on specialized patent search teams and external consultants.
Better Outcomes	Direct access lets domain experts understand patents in their own areas without intermediaries.

Three Integrated Capabilities  

1. Natural Language Prompt Search  

AI Search allows you to search patents using natural language prompts, either as a standalone input or in combination with traditional Boolean search filters.  

You can simply describe your idea or technology in plain language, and AI Search interprets it semantically to retrieve relevant patents—offering an alternative to relying solely on complex search operators or predefined keyword structures.  

At the same time, it can be used in a powerful hybrid workflow with traditional filtering. For example, you can first define a precise dataset using Boolean criteria such as applicant or publication date and then apply AI Search within that dataset to identify and prioritize the patents that are most relevant to your search intent. This helps users review large result sets more efficiently by surfacing the most relevant patents at the top of the list based on their Similarity Score. 

That way AI Search becomes valuable both as a starting point for open exploration and as a complementary layer for experienced search specialists who want to ensure no relevant documents are missed across multiple traditional searches.  

Refine your results iteratively – broad inputs return broader results, while more detailed inputs produce increasingly focused matches.  

Use cases:  

• Evaluating whether an invention already exists in patent literature  

• Assessing patentability of new ideas  

• Exploring unfamiliar technology domains without predefined keywords  

• Supporting engineers in direct patent exploration  

2. Similarity Search  

Shift from query-based to document-driven exploration. Select one or more patents and discover patents that are semantically similar. The system analyzes technical concepts and retrieves related patents that go far beyond simple keyword or classification matching.  

Real-world applications:  

• Expand prior art discovery  

• Identify additional relevant patents after initial screening  

• Explore competitive landscapes and discover previously unknown competitors  

• Support R&D decision-making by investigating related innovation areas  

3. Monitoring Creation  

Convert your AI Search and AI Similarity Search results into a continuous, automated monitoring. The monitoring is created directly from either an AI Search prompt or a list of selected patents, which defines the monitoring scope. The system then continuously tracks new patent publications based on this input. No need for manual Boolean setup or keyword maintenance—the monitoring is directly driven by the original AI query or selected reference documents.  

Key benefits:  

• Continuous tracking of competitor activity and technological developments  

• AI Similarity Monitoring helps you track how other players are moving into your technology space by using your own key patents as the reference point  

• Maintain awareness of evolving innovation spaces in your field  

• Dynamic and adaptable monitoring that evolves as you gain new insights  

A Connected Workflow 

These three capabilities work together in a seamless workflow: Start with a natural language query through AI Search. 

As you review the results, you can immediately trigger AI Similarity Search from any individual patent that stands out, using it as a seed to discover additional highly relevant patents and related competitive activity. This allows you to move fluidly from an initial idea to deeper exploration of specific documents without breaking your workflow. Convert your most relevant results into AI Monitoring to track the space over time. Refine iteratively as your understanding grows. 

This integrated approach transforms patent intelligence from a specialized, time-intensive process into an iterative, accessible workflow that anyone can use.  

Who Benefits?  

AI Search is built for engineers, researchers, patent professionals, and business strategists who need rapid access to patent intelligence without specialized search training. Whether you’re conducting prior art searches, assessing patentability, exploring competitive landscapes, or monitoring technological trends, AI Search makes patent discovery faster, more intuitive, and more comprehensive.  

Security and Privacy  

All AI Search processing and patent data handling occurs within our secure internal environment. Your data remains protected throughout the discovery, analysis, and monitoring process.  

Experience Patent Intelligence Without the Barriers   

Curious how your team could benefit from instant access to patent insights? AI Search is now available.   

Request a demo HERE and see what becomes possible when patent research is accessible to everyone.